Category: P

A registered nurse with advanced preparation who combines medical and nursing skills in the care and treatment of psychiatric or mental health patients.  

A nurse who cares for a patient on a fee-for-service basis, usually in an institution. The nurse is not a staff member of the institution.  

A nurse who is allowed to prescribe drugs. Certain states in the U.S. permit nurses to prescribe only certain types and classes of drugs; most states require that prescribing nurses work with a supervising or collaborating physician; and approval for prescribing is granted only to nurse practitioners.  

The site of sensory neurons of the trigeminal nerve associated with discriminatory touch. It is located in the pons.  

One of several groups of nerve cells located in the pons. It transmits afferent fibers to the cerebral cortex; efferent fibers pass through the brachium pontis to the cerebellum.  

A nucleus of the hypothalamus lying in the supraoptic portion. Its axons, along with those of the supraoptic nucleus, form the supraopticohypophyseal tract. The cells of this tract regulate water balance in the body, secreting vasopressin, the antidiuretic hormone, which is stored in their axon terminals in the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland. Its…

A notch on the lateral surface of the head of the pancreas for the superior mesenteric artery and vein. It separates the uncinate process of the head from the remaining portion.  

A neuron of the autonomic nervous system whose cell body lies in the central nervous system and whose axon terminates in a peripheral ganglion, synapsing with postganglionic neurons.  

A motor neuron that transmits impulses to skeletal muscle.  

A neuron whose process constitutes a part of the peripheral nervous system (cranial, spinal, or autonomic nerves).